Assistant Plant Manager, Edmonton

IPEX is one of the North American leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems. Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy.

We currently have a great opportunity as a Assistant Plant Manager. This role is based in our Edmonton PVC plant and reports to the Plant Manager.

Do not miss the opportunity to join a diverse group of people-centric professionals, thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit and status quo-fighters!

Job Summary

The Assistant Plant Manager is responsible for overseeing the daily plant operations. Supervise production process to ensure plant production goals and quality standards are met. Responsible for achieving sustainable results and improvement goals in safety, customer service, quality, operational excellence, cost & productivity, inventory management and organizational capability.

Principal Responsibilities

• Support Plant Manager in organizing and managing day-to-day activities for plant operations.
• Other duties as assigned by Plant Manage
• Schedule routine inspection and maintenance of plant equipment to prevent machine downtime.
• Leads daily meeting with supervisors/managers in assigning and prioritizing daily activities for the plant.
• Ensure plant employees are following and enforce safety policies and procedures.
• Supervise plant operations to meet production requirements in timely and cost-effective manner.
• Optimize plant operations to meet quality and production standards.
• Implement cost reduction initiatives to minimize plant and labour expenditures.
• Develop systems and process that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics, and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets.
• Implement continuous plant improvements for increased productivity and scrap reduction.
• Determine resource requirements, work allocation and production deadlines to achieve production objectives.
• Ensures tracking, daily management and use of key performance indicators (KPI’s) to promote improved operational and business results.
• Set overall plant policies and procedures to ensure effective operations.
• Drives positive cultural change as a change agent within the plants to engage employees towards a high-performance work systems culture.
• Maintain proper documentation for all plant related activities.
• Ensure materials, supplies and equipment are readily and continuously available for workers to carry out production process.
• Evaluate current operations and make recommendations for improving efficiency and productivity
• Coordinate with Plant Management in resolving plant issues in a timely manner.
• Ensuring emergency response plan is reviewed regularly and updated as per HSE policy and OHS regulations. Being available 24hr in case of emergency situations and leading the emergency response.
• Ensure plant compliance with company policies and government regulations.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree and/or experience in Management preferred
• Certification and/or experience with Six Sigma Process and Lean Manufacturing considered an asset
• Degree in Engineering considered an asset

Technical Skills

• Shipping and logistic experience considered an asset
• Minimum 5 years’ supervisory experience in manufacturing environment
• Experience with ISO standards
• Must be proficient with MS Office Suite

Competencies

• Collaborate & Influence - Building and maintaining effective working relationships, ensuring alignment within and across groups, and using one’s understanding of others to gain buy-in and support and achieve shared goals.
• Promote Diversity & Inclusion - Understanding, valuing, and leveraging differences, and creating an inclusive work environment.
• Demonstrate a Development Mindset - Demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and development for self and others, recognizing strengths and development needs, and taking ownership for ongoing learning and growth.
• Embrace and Manage Change - Embracing, adapting to, and championing change, including helping others understand what the change means to them.
• Required to wear protective eyewear, hearing protection, respiratory protection, safety shoes, hard hate, etc.
• Drive Accountability and Results - Accomplishing goals to the highest of standards and driving accountability in self and others in alignment with the values of IPEX NA.
• Daily exposure to a considerable level of hazards in the work environment, such as chemicals, exposure to potential toxins, moving machinery, excessive noise, powered industrial vehicle fork/reach/ bucket lift/other.
• Think Strategically - Understanding the vision and mission of the organization, looking ahead to future trends, opportunities, and threats to develop a big picture view, and translating that into innovative strategies to gain competitive advantage for the organization.
• Improve & Innovate - Seeking to continuously improve the way we work and looking for new and unique approaches and ideas to achieve better outcomes.
• Be Customer Focused - Developing a deep understanding of customers (internal and external) and demonstrating a commitment to exceeding their expectations.
• Experience progressive degrees of changing factors in the work including changing work priorities, deadlines, conflicting demands.

Key Relationships

Leads daily meeting with supervisors/managers and work with all levels of management. Works closely with Heath & Safety Team.

Working Conditions

• Required to wear protective eyewear, hearing protection, respiratory protection, safety shoes, hard hate, etc.
• Experience progressive degrees of changing factors in the work including changing work priorities, deadlines, conflicting demands.
• Daily exposure to a considerable levels of hazards in the work environment, such powered industrial vehicle fork/reach/bucket lift/other.

TRAVEL: Will be required to travel to attend training, meetings, conferences, and social events hosted by the company.

IPEX is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for IPEX jobs. To request an accommodation, please contact HR at [email protected]